EN 1.7710 Steel vs. EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7710 steel and EN 1.4962 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7710 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4962 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 280 to 320 | |
190 to 210 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 11 | |
22 to 34 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 500 to 620 | |
210 to 330 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1070 | |
630 to 690 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 800 to 1060 | |
260 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
910 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
1480 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
1440 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 | |
14 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
16 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
2.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.5 | |
23 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
8.1 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
4.1 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
59 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 57 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 4.5 | |
21 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 100 | |
140 to 170 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1680 to 2970 | |
170 to 610 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 38 | |
21 to 24 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 30 | |
20 to 21 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
3.7 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 31 | |
14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.0015 to 0.0060 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.18 | |
0.070 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 1.3 to 1.8 | |
15.5 to 17.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 95.1 to 97 | |
62.1 to 69 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
12.5 to 14.5 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.4 to 0.7 |
Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
2.5 to 3.0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
0 |